We were traveling along I-15 in Utah just as a late winter storm was breaking up. I knew there would be possibilities for a nice sunset. I also knew that my young kids would not want to stop for long. As we came up to one of the last turnoffs near Beaver, Utah the clouds had a wild look to them. I also knew that we had to move quickly to our final destination. I grabbed my D300 and 24-70 lens. I set it to iso 200 at 24 mm at f/13. I then set the camera to take five different exposures and fired away. I took four different sections of the valley as the sun was just over the mountains. I jumped back into the car before the baby even noticed I was gone. Although I don’t advise you to shoot this type of photo hand held, I didn’t have the time to set the tripod up. I used Lightroom 3 beta, CS4, and Topaz Adjust to put the final edits on this photo.

Thank you for visiting.

~wr~

I love the spring. It is getting so warm and the flowers are starting to come out in droves. I am not sure what this flower is but I liked the contrast it provided between the light and dark. I like how the dark blue is the flower in focus and that the light blue and white flower frame the blue one. I also like how the flower in focus is slightly off center and the background is out of focus.

Thank you for visiting today.

~wr~

I love this time of year. The weather is starting to warm up and all of the spring flowers are starting to bloom. This one is one of my all time favorites. Bleeding Heart flowers have so much delicate details and are striking to look at. This photo was taken with my macro lens. I love the Bokeh on the background. One way to bring the eye to your focal point is to blur everything else. This is easily done using a macro lens due to its narrow depth of field. I love the patterns made by the colors of the background.

The specs for this shot.
iso 400
105 mm
f/13
1/80 sec
hand held

Thank you for visiting today.

~wr~

The last few days I have spent editing photos for my daughter and her wedding. Today at about 4 we finally finished the last edit for her wedding announcements. For the past two weeks I have also spent countless hours taking photos, editing them, and producing a getting to know you book for our local church leader. Both of these have been a ton of fun. I have learned many new techniques on both photoshop and Indesign. Needless to say I have not had the time to get out and shoot. Today our flowering plumb tree is in full bloom. This is a handheld shot with a slight breeze blowing.

The specs:
Iso 400
105mm
f/25
1/125 sec

To take this type of shot hand held don’t be afraid to crank up the iso. I could have gone higher, but for my needs this was sufficient. On today’s cameras you need to go much higher then iso 400 to run into noise issues. Also don’t be afraid to put the camera on continuos shooting mode and shoot away.

Thank you for visiting, and being patient the last few days.

~wr~